I know it helps if you can remember
Father,Charles,Goes,Down,And,Ends,Battle (fcgdaeb – for major scales G,D,A,E,B,F#,C#)
and the opposite
Battle,Ends,And,Down,Goes,Charles,Father (beadgcf – for major scales F,Bb,Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Cb)
but when i looked at the way Johnny layed out the scales – it made it clear to me :-
To move a scale up a semitone (eg change Bb major to B major) just change all the naturals into sharps & change all the flats into naturals.
Likewise to move a scale down a semitone (eg change B major to Bb major) just change all the naturals into flats & change all the sharps into naturals.
Thanks Johnny,
once again your lessons provide a wealth of useful information!
